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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1549
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Raband, Raiband, n. [ME robend(e, -bond(e (14th c.), rooband, robyn (15th c.), ropbend(e (1294–5), ON ráband (rá-benda to fasten with a ráband), MDu. rabant (1365 in Bense), MLG rabande (1464) (Sandahl Middle English Sea Terms II). Also in the later dial. of Shetland.] The cord used to secure a furled sail to its yard. — 1513 Doug. iii iv 110.
Do lows the rabandis, and lat down the saill 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 40/27 (see Ra n.2 (1)). 1549 Ib. 40/30.
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